Hamedi-Shahraki, Soudabeh
Moradi, Mandana
Mercantepe, Filiz
Amirkhizi, Farshad
Klisic, Aleksandra https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7870-0996
Funding for this research was provided by:
Zabol University of Medical Sciences
Article History
Received: 10 May 2026
Accepted: 22 June 2026
First Online: 29 June 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All experiments were performed in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki and Zabol University of Medical Sciences ethical guidelines and regulations. The research protocol was approved by the Zabol University of Medical Sciences (Ethics No: IR.ZBMU.REC.1405.028). All participants signed a written inform consent before participating in the study.
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